Throughout the summer all three of the boys played at the park with their imaginations letting them be pirates one day and knights the next and they loved hanging out and just being around each other even though the park wasn't all that fascinating to regular people. In the summer the boys had a lot of sleepovers. Only at Bobby's though. Jimmy's parents were always working so they couldn't be there to watch over them but Sunday was the Novaks' "family day" and just as always no one was to disturb the way of things. It didn't matter to Dean, Jimmy, or Sam so nobody bothered. Before they knew it, it was time for school. September 1st came faster than the speed of light.
Dean was (for the first time in his life that he could remember) so excited for school. So much that he almost couldn't sleep but he told himself that he needed sleep no matter how excited he was and he eventually did fall asleep after a lot of tossing and turning but before all that Dean had packed his book bag.
Jimmy was feeling pretty much the same way Dean was but it took him much longer to fall asleep and Jimmy packed everything for tomorrow except his lunch, he didn't want it gross for tomorrow. Sam had it easiest because he had packed like both boys and he was so tired from all the excitement from going to school so he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
The Winchesters had a very rushed morning. Apparently they woke up a little late and were rushing for the bus but they made it ok and they had time to eat breakfast which was very good.
Jimmy had, in a sense, a regular morning. He didn't share a room but he was ready and waiting outside for the bus 10 minutes early. He was only out there because he was so used to getting ready quick and out of his arguing parents' way and didn't want hurt or hear what they were saying to each other. It hurt him to see them like that but good thing it didn't happen often and they had "family days".
When Jimmy got on the bus he picked a spot that didn't have many people close by and he was like that saving the rest of the room on his seat for his friends for about 5 minutes. When the bus stopped in front of the Winchester house Jimmy saw Sam and Dean walking out of the house at a quick pace with what looked like toast in Dean's hand that he was shoving in his mouth causing chipmunk cheeks.
When Sam and Dean got on they saw Jimmy and went right for him and the bus was filling up on the rest of the way to school so they put Sam in the middle, Dean on the outside, and Jimmy was already by the window.
The rest of the ride they just talked. It never occurred to them to talk about what teachers they have all they know is that they're in the same grade and that's good enough for them. It gets better for them.
"Who did you say your homeroom teacher is?" Dean asked Jimmy as they were walking Sam to his homeroom teacher, Mr. Tyler.
"I don't think I said at all. Oh well now. My paper says that I have Mr. Snow. Who do you have?" Jimmy said. He was looking down at the paper then he looked back up to see Dean smiling and looking so excited.
"Guess what?" Dean said with a smile that felt like he was imitating the Cheshire Cat.
"Judging from your crazy smile, you have the same teacher." Jimmy said grinning.
"You're too good at guessing." Dean said as they dropped Sam off and started walking to Mr. Snow's classroom.
"Do you want to sit by each other if we're allowed?" Dean asked after a little bit of uncomfortable silence.
"Yea. I'd like that." Jimmy said as they got to Mr. Snow's classroom. Jimmy and Dean had both saw the same pair of desks right next to each other so they set their stuff beside them and got settled in and both of them liked it. Just about every other seat was taken by other people that were talking quite loudly.
The bell rang signaling that class was starting but announcements were to come first from what Dean knows and sure enough they did. It started out asking that everybody possible stand and do the pledge of allegiance then it went on to welcoming everybody back to school and it said that there were signups for a bunch of different clubs that neither boy was interested in so they went back to settling in to their desk.
By the time they finished getting ready the announcements were still going so seeing how some people were talking the boys were going to too but as soon as Dean opened his mouth the announcements finished with an ending noise. Dean sighed and looked back forward for instructions from Mr. Snow.
He looked like he was in his mid 20s but he had this white hair and white skin but he looked tan compared to his hair, he was pretty tall but of course he did to a room full of sitting 9 year olds but that was besides the point. He also looked thin but muscular like he could take down all of them single handed.
He looked around at the class and sighed deeply with a very small smile that looks like he wears it all the time.
"Welcome back. Do you guys want a seating chart?" he asked with the same small smile he was wearing earlier. There was a mumbled no from the class. He looked confused for a second with a bigger smile then earlier before putting his hand to his ear and saying
"Was that a yes I heard?" Then the class with more volume said No.
"All right then, then show me you can handle these spots so I don't have to make a seating arrangement and please speak loud enough for me to hear. Thank you." Mr. Snow then went on to the standard rules and everything under the sun like that. It almost bored Dean asleep until Mr. Snow mentioned something that got everybodys' attention. As soon as Dean looked to the clock he knew why. It was almost lunchtime and he was starving. He looked over to Jimmy who looked like he was still paying attention to Mr. Snow which Jimmy was actually doing.
In 5 minutes a line leader was picked, some girl called Jo, and there was a line of 24 kids with money or lunch boxes heading down the hall to the lunch room. The line was really loud in the hallway but sometimes Mr. Snow would silence everybody as best as he could but once he did stop the line and said that the chatter needed to stop because they were in the hallway.
When the line got to the lunch room Jimmy and Dean found Sam but it looked like he made a friend so they were going to leave them alone.
Jimmy and Dean were just talking about how boring first days are but that conversation didn't last long. They were soon on different topics and they somehow got to saying what their favorites of stuff is so they kept the conversation on that.
"What kind of music do you like?" Dean asked after Jimmy took his turn. They took turns to make cutting each other off not a problem.
"I like hanging out with my grandma's house and she likes Frankie Valli and the four seasons." Jimmy said "One of her favorite songs is called 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You'. My parents used to fight a lot back when I was born so she said that she couldn't take her eyes off me because she was afraid I was going to get hurt. Whenever I went over to her house we would sing and dance to the song." Jimmy continued and Dean thought to himself wow that reminds me of the park and how I protected him.
"Yea, I was thinking about that too." Jimmy said but Dean was confused for a moment and didn't realize he had said that out loud.
"I like classic rock songs. But I like that song a lot too so seeing how we're attached to the same song why don't we make it 'our' song?" Dean said. He knew it was a crazy idea but he liked crazy.
"That's a great idea!" Jimmy said without a moment of hesitation and seeing the idea be accepted so quickly made Dean's day no matter how boring the first days always are.
The bell rang and they were outside for recess and back in the classroom in what felt like no time at all. The last half of the day went much quicker probably because both boys had 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' stuck in their heads and the material they were talking about was the same as the first half of class except they got a paper to fill out and have a parent/guardian sign for school records.
Jimmy and Dean went to Sam's class room as soon as the bell rang. When they got there Sam was waiting then all three of them got on the bus and went home. Not much was said the way home by the boys on the way home but Sam just would not shut up but just having Dean in Jimmy's presence and vice versa made them happy and talking about his day made Sam very, very happy even if they weren't listening. Sam said something about making a friend and her name was Jess.
School is a crazy idea. But so is having a song with your friend.
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August 4th
FanfictionIt's August 4th and Dean has to take Sam to the park even though he doesn't want to. There's some complications but he meets a friend for life and they have fun.
